Bedstead.



PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904.

W. E. COLLIER.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED mm 24.1904.

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PATENTED OCT. 11,'l904. W. E. COLLIER.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1904v No. 77l,811

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UNITED STATES Patented. October 11, 1904..

PATENT OFFICE.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 771,811, dated October11, 1904.

Application filedllune 24., 1904;. Serial No. 213,948. (No model.)

To all 1072 0777, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. COLLIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at W ashington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a bedstead that may be easilyand thoroughly cleaned.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bedstead that may beeasilyand quickly put together and taken apart and arranged within asmall compass for transportation or storage.

In carrying out my invention I construct a bedstead with head and footframes and side rails which connect the head and foot frames and whichhave an interlocking connection with the head and foot frames thatpermits them to be swung vertically and to be readily detached. The headand foot frames each have a rigid cross-piece, and a spring fabric isstretched between the cross-pieces of the head and foot frames. In thisway the bedstead proper is made in four parts only. When the four partsare separated, their surfaces are completely exposed and may be easilyand thoroughly cleaned.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abedstead embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail view inperspective and on an enlarged scale,illustr'ating the interlockingconnection between the side rails and the head and foot frames. Fig. 3is a perspective view of a couch constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the removable head-piece ofthe couch. Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in whichthe bedstead may be broken down or separated into its component parts,in which condition it may be easily and thoroughly cleaned or packed fortransportation.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 5, I have shown a simple form ofbedstead embodying my improvements. The head-frame A is shown asconsisting of atubular outside frame a and a cross-rail a in the samehorizontal plane with the spring fabric C. The footframe B is similar inconstruction to the headframe, being composed of the tubular outsideframe I) and the cross-rail b, which latter, as well as the cross-raila, are preferably made of angle-iron. The cross-rails a b are preferablyformed integrally with sleeves D, through which the frames a and I)extend and with which they are rigidly connected. Each sleeve D isformed with a laterally-projecting arm E, having a tongue F, the outerend of which is bent upwardly at f. Theside rails G are made preferablyof angle-iron, and each side rail is formed with a vertical aperture 9near its end to receive the outer ends f of the tongues F. Each siderail is also formed at each endwith a lug H at its extreme end and onits inner side for the purpose of confining the tongues in properposition when in engagement with the side rails. The arms E are beveledor inclined at c to match corresponding inclines g on the ends of thesiderails, so that when the parts are assembled, as shown in Fig. 1, theside rails and arms will closely fit each other; but the arrangement issuch that the head and foot frames may be swung vertically outward inthe manner indicated in Fig. 2 to break the interlocking connection withthe side rails. The spring fabrics C may be of any suitableconstruction, and it is connected in the manner shown to the end rails ab. It will be observed that the spring fabric has no separate frame, asusual, but connects directly with the head and foot frames. It can bedetached from the head and foot frames and rolled up for transportation,and when it is so detached and the four parts of the bedstead areseparated in the manner indicated in Fig. 5 these four parts may bepacked closely together for transportation. When the bedstead is brokendown, or has its parts separated in the manner indicated in Fig. 5, allthe parts thereof are exposed and may be easily and thoroughly cleaned.The spring fabric serves to hold the parts firmly together when they areassembled, as shown in Fig. 1, as it then tends to draw the tongues F upagainst the under sides of the rails Gr, but by merely catching hold ofthe tops of the head and foot frames and drawing them outward andpushing them downward the interlocking connection between the tongues Fand the side rails may be broken in the manner indicated in Fig. 2, andat that time the side rails may be lifted off from the tongues. Theparts may be reassembled very easily and in an obvious manner.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown my improvements applied to a couch. Inthis instance the head-frame I and the foot-frame J are made ofangle-iron and are of the same size. The side rails K are connected tothe head and foot frames in the same manner as that before described andas illustrated in Fig. l.

The head-frame of the couch is provided with a removable head-piece L.This is shown as consisting of side pieces Z, a top piece Z,

and a cross-piece Z The side pieces are provided with projections Z,having shoulders Z Z", adapted to enter corresponding recesses in thehead-frame. The head-piece can be easily removed and packed with theother parts for transportation.

I claim as my invention- 1. A bedstead, comprising head and footframeshavingcross-rails permanently secured thereto, aspring fabricconnecting said crossrails, side rails and arms extending from the headand foot frames under the side rails and which have an interlockingvertically-swinging connection therewith.

2. A bedstead, comprising head and foot frames having cross-rails, siderails, arms extending from the head and foot frames under the side railsand formed with tongues extending through vertical apertures therein andresting on the top thereof, and a spring fabric connecting thecross-rails of the head and foot frames which draws the arms up againstthe under sides of the rails.

3. A bedstead, the frame of which isformed of four parts only, and whichcomprises two side rails and head and foot frames, the latter beingformed with arms overlapped by the side rails and having tonguesextending through apertures in the side rails and resting on the topthereof whereby a detachable vertically-swinging connection is madebetween the head and foot frames and the side rails and a spring fabricconnecting the, head and foot frames.

4. A bedstead, comprising side rails, head and foot frames having armsextending under the side rails and which have an interlockingvertically-swinging connection therewith, a spring fabric connecting thehead and foot frames and which draws the arms thereon up against theunder side of the side rails, and a headpiece detachably connected withthe head-frame.

In testimony whereof I have. hereunto sub.- scribed my name.

WILLIAM E. COLLIER.v

Witnesses:

K. H. FE'NNING, LLOYD B. WIGHT.

